**SPOILERS** Why is the ending to Captain America so stupid?

Am I thick, or couldn't he have simply flown the stupid plane to America and crash landed? Or simply ditched it in the ocean off the coast and used some of that super power of his to swim to the surface?

Am I thick, or couldn't he have simply flown the stupid plane to America and crash landed? Or simply ditched it in the ocean off the coast and used some of that super power of his to swim to the surface?

Hi! It has all the elements of being a good movie, except the script suddenly faltered about midway through, and the ending was just plain stupid -- I was very disappointed -- it had all the makings of greatness, and then just deflated

Am I thick, or couldn't he have simply flown the stupid plane to America and crash landed? Or simply ditched it in the ocean off the coast and used some of that super power of his to swim to the surface?